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Adam can eat

3
8
of a pizza in
1
16
of a minute. Compute the unit rate by setting up a complex fraction and simplifying.

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this guy is correct and knows it

User Colonelsanders
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The unit rate is how many pizzas can Adam eat in one minute.
16×3/8=6 is the number of pizzas he can eat in 16 times 1/16 minute, which is one minute.
The unit rate is therefore 6 pizzas/minute.
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